[Lockbox]

justified keeping the residual amount after deducting the tax debt, saying that "historically, the authority to keep everything dates back to 1278 when the English Parliament's Statute of Gloucester ruled that when a vassal fails to provide enough wheat to his lord his lands escheat to the lord.

1. This is not England.

absence of a state law explicitly recognizing the property interest in surplus proceeds from a tax foreclosure-sale, the government is free to take as much of the debtor's money as it wishes."

Really? Is that like I caught you with your pants down and had my way rule.....

"reversing the previous judicial rulings in this case could seriously imperil the fiscal soundness of the state and local governments that depend on the profits from seized properties."

and that’s the problem, Government's are allowed to the extra money.

[TexasGator]

“1. This is not England.”

The Magna Carter established estate equity rights and formed the basis that equity is a property right and cannot be taken without due process.